Alternative models of dialect death: Dissipation vs. concentration

Language

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 486-521

  Schilling Estes, Natalie ^a   Wolfram, Walt ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012891063     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/417058     Document Type: Article

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